BangkokHank

This is not news. News would be when a ladyboy DOESN'T pick someone's pocket.

His plan was to win the jackpot, then pay the victim back with his winnings. But the police intervened just as he was about to win, so it's their fault.

And did you get vaccinated again? Do you really think that the human body evolved to NEED to have poison injected into it?

So not only do they smell bad, now they're committing armed robberies.

I would like to recommend that YOU get vaccinated again. I am happy to remain unvaccinated.

Wait, so people don't like overpriced, lackluster food? Who would have expected that?

If 10,000 baht would change your life, you have big problems. Not to mention what this payout would do to Thailand's fiscal situation, or the consequences of being roped into a digital currency dystopia in exchange for such a pittance.

I think you nailed it. There would be no other reason to do something so stupid. Somebody wanted to keep the bail money - and didn't care that a murderer was allowed to escape. And speaking of stupid, how stupid can a murderer be to get involved in drug parties while he is on the run from a murder charge? If it had been me, I would have gone out of my way to spend the rest of my life keeping a low profile.

To the OP: She is now presenting the bill for all of the good times that you already had together. It's known as "playing the long game" - not asking for money at the beginning to make you think that the relationship is genuine, as that enables her to ask for substantially more money later. Now that you know that the relationship has been and always will be based on the money you give her to support her "family", you should try to negotiate a better deal. See if she would be happy with half that amount (which is probably more than she earns) - paid weekly - at the end of each week. That way you're not out too much if she suddenly loses interest in you. You can then give me 10,000 of the 15,000 that I saved you every month - and you'll still be ahead by 5,000 a month.

I didn't spend enough time in Da Nang to need a dentist, but I can recommend great dental clinics in Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, if you're interested. In Ho Chi Minh City, Elite Dental: https://elitedental.com.vn/en/ In Nha Trang, Daisy Dental: https://nhakhoadaisy.vn

It's always the same people who commit these crimes: The ones with the blurry faces. That should be a tip-off for the authorities right away.

CBDCs are "Central Bank Digital Currencies", which are intended to replace cash - so that everybody's financial transactions can be tracked and controlled by the government - and if you do anything the government doesn't like, your access to your (digital only) money can be turned off. "When the SHTF" means "When the <deleted>e hits the fan", which means when everything falls apart.

This is precisely why I have 65% of my net worth in physical gold at the moment: If it continues to go up, fine. But for me, the most important thing is to have assets outside of the banking system and not in the form of paper money when the SHTF and/or when CBDCs are forced on us.

While it's not the main reason why I visit Vietnam, I do always make it a point to visit the dentist while I'm there. They do a great job for rather less than what it costs in Thailand.

Yes, I agree. So while I only tried it in Nha Trang, if I were going to, say, Ho Chi Minh City, I would try to open an account at the Vietcombank there first - at the main office. I would be very surprised if they didn't open accounts for foreigners there as well.

Vietcombank. They have English-speaking staff at their Nha Trang branch to handle the account opening (and other business) of their foreign customers. They're very nice - and professional.

I opened a bank account in Vietnam on a tourist visa last year - in Nha Trang. And while I was opening my account, there were lots of other foreigners (mostly Russians) also opening accounts. Maybe it's easier in Nha Trang because it's a big tourist destination. Perhaps you could try there.

You'd think it would have melted in this heat.

Most of Thailand's crime involving tourists is in tourist areas. Ha.

She's clearly not the mastermind behind this fraud, so punishing her would only encourage other fraudsters to do the same.

Can you share the names of these books please?

All it takes is for ONE to not be a violent criminal for you to be right. However, ALL illegal immigrants are lawbreakers - by definition. Do you think it's OK for people to enter a country illegally? Are you in Thailand illegally? If not, why not?

Surprise surprise - he's from Iserlohn-Letmathe, just as I suspected.

I experienced this recently while booking hotels in India on booking.com. Immediately after making the bookings, I received a WhatsApp message, purportedly from the hotel, telling me that in order to complete the booking, I had to deposit the payment into their bank account. I realized it was a scam after I got the same message despite selecting the "pay at the hotel" option. Besides, when booking a hotel via booking.com, booking.com would never ask a customer to make payment by depositing money into some random bank account. The payment would/should always be done directly through the booking.com website by credit card, and never by a deposit into a bank account.